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~ Alcina Dimitrescu to the Maiden and Ethan Winters, also her famous quote.
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There you are. All this for a child that isn't even here! [...] You ungrateful, selfish wretch! You come into MY house - You lay your filthy man-hands on MY daughters - And now you even try to steal my property? How dare you?! Rest while you can, because I will hunt you, and I will break you!
It's too late... you'll never see your Rose again! Succumb to your despair!
„
~ Alcina as she attempts to kill Ethan one last time.
Lady Alcina Dimitrescu (pronounced Dimitreesk) is a major antagonist in the 2021 survival horror video game Resident Evil Village.
She is a member of the Four Houses that serve Mother Miranda, the ruler of a rural village in Eastern Europe. As the head of House Dimitrescu, Alcina rules over a great castle alongside her daughters Bela, Cassandra and Daniela Dimitrescu.
She was voiced by Kikuko Inoue in Japanese and by Maggie Robertson in English, who also provided the motion capture performance for her and also voiced Orin in Baldur's Gate 3.
Much of Lady Dimitrescu's past remains a mystery, but she is believed to have been born around 1914 as she became a mutant at the age of 44 which is around the late 1950s, and seems to have stopped aging at her mid forties. Prior to joining the Four Houses, Dimitrescu is a jazz singer under the name "Miss D" where she would frequently sing with a band known as the Pallboys. She inherited a specific disease in her blood from one of her ancestors, one which quite similar with Progenitor Virus symptoms-wise. She was taken into the village as she survived being infected with the Cadou parasite, and was given regenerative capabilities. She rules over a large castle as the Matriarch of the Dimitrescu Family, living with three women whom she considers her daughters, Cassandra, Bela, and Daniela.
Alcina mutated the three women, whom survived and became vulnerable to cold temperatures due to their mutated form now consists of flies spawned from Cadou eggs injected into their original human bodies. She, like much of the area, is a member of a dark cult who serve the being known only as "Mother Miranda", to whom she has loyalty to but also is not above acting on her own accord against her wishes. It was Mother Miranda who infected her with the Cadou Parasite, giving Alcina a host of extraordinary powers at the cost of needing to consume large amounts of human blood to sustain herself due to her blood disease.
Although Mother Miranda saw Alcina as a perfect candidate for a vessel for her late daughter Eva, but saw she wasn't perfect due to her insatiable quench for blood. Alcina would become a member of the Four Houses alongside Karl Heisenberg, Donna Beneviento, and Salvatore Moreau, serving Miranda under their homes of the village. Despite the alliance between the four houses, Alcina frequently clashed with Heisenberg, seeing him as nothing but a child.
The Dimitrescu Castle became infamous, as many servants who came there wouldn't return, and the villages came to see the castle as a place of blood and death, and would avoid the area unless under extreme circumstances. Alcina would also use the blood of her victims to create a wine called Sanguis Virginis, and would often infect her victims that would become known as the Moroaicǎ and the Samca. Most of the Moroaicǎ were possibly former servants, considering that the Dimitrescu family were known to replacing maidens through the years.
Some of these maidens that were turned attempted to escape, most notably Ingrid, who was murdered and turned by Alcina when she attempted to leave the castle to the courtyard. In addition, Alcina feared that she would be harmed by the dagger of deathly flowers, and had it hidden in the family crypt while also having all the windows in the castle shut to protect her daughters.
Resident Evil Village[]
After Mother Miranda captured Ethan and Mia Winter's daughter, Rosemary, the village fell into darkness with the Lycans massacring the villagers. Alcina was among the Four Lords when Heisenberg captured Ethan, and implored Miranda into handing Ethan over to her, but Miranda gave Winters over to Heisenberg. Alcina then argued with Karl, but Miranda stopped it by telling the lords that her decision was final, allowing Heisenberg to put Ethan in a show. After the meeting, Alcina returned to her castle where she awaited for the ceremony to commence. Her daughters would later capture Ethan, who managed to escape Heisenberg, and brought him to Alcina. Wanting to consume his blood, Alcina told her daughters to wait as she needed to tell Mother Miranda that she had Ethan, and had Winters chained to the ceiling.
Ethan managed to pry himself from the chains and escaped the room, and proceeded to adventure around the castle to find his daughter. Winters was confronted by Bela, Daniela, and Cassandra in the castle, but killed them after discovering their weakness to cold temperatures. Upon finding her daughters' calcified remains, Alcina became distraught and decided to get revenge on Ethan despite Mother Miranda telling her to keep him alive. She proceed to pursue Ethan across the castle, managing to pummel to the dungeon where she decapitated his hand.
Ethan managed to escape and reattach his hand, and succeeded in reaching the family crypt to get the dagger. Alcina grabbed Ethan and impaled him with her claws, but he retaliated by stabbing her with the dagger, causing her mutate into her dragon-like form. Alcina proceeded to attack Ethan across the top of the family crypt, speaking that he would never see his daughter again as the four lords had Rosemary. She was defeated and attempted to murder Ethan by crashing down the crypt, but saw that he survived and cursed his name. After cursing Ethan, she calcified and crumbled into pieces, and Winters collected a fragment of Rosemary.
Appearance[]
“
Ah, Lady Dimitrescu. Beautiful even in death - that waistline, yes!
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~ The Duke upon being sold the Crystal Dimitrescu.
Alcina Dimitrescu is an attractive but morbid-looking gothic giantess with a slender but voluptuous hourglass figure. Along with her looks, she has yellowish eyes, a bright-grey complexion, wears makeup with blood-red lipstick, has black neck-length hair worn pinned up in tight curls from the 1950s. She genetically stopped aging at 44, when she became a mutant.
She has a large, black wide-brimmed hat and multiple pearl necklaces around her neck. She wears a long white dress with a black flower on her left side and a pair of black gloves. She often carries around a fancy, long cigarette holder. She stands 9’6 and Weighs around 450 lbs.
Personality[]
Alcina is a calm and collected woman of posh nature and elegant poise. She does not anger easily, and can be snobbish towards those she thinks are beneath her. When she does get mad though, her enticing appearance becomes a harbinger of wrath, and she is quite capable of holding grudges against those who have wronged her or failed her leader, by side, Alcina has strict, merciless and cruel nature toward her maids, who's punishment ultimately leads them to their demise for breaking Alcina's rules.
While arrogant and untrusting of the other houses, she cares for her daughters and is protective of them, and while she is very loyal to Mother Miranda, she is not above being displeased with her decisions. Though Alcina was loyal to Mother Miranda, she was willing to betray her so she could get revenge on Ethan for killing her daughters. She also, given her vampiric and cannibalistic needs, quite literally, sometimes plays with her food.
Likely due to being mutated for decades and only having to answer to Miranda, Alcina has lost any human common sense and become delusional. She blames Ethan for killing her daughters, completing ignoring he only did so in self-defense because they were trying to kill him themselves. While assaulting him after hanging up on Miranda, she also says that he stole from her, when nothing she would actually care about was taken. Alcina also had three chances to kill Ethan, but blew them; his immediate capture, catching him in his dressing room and surprising him in the dungeon.
Following her mutation, Dimitrescu’s aristocratic and regal demeanour vanishes and she becomes far more frenzied and animalistic. Though retaining most of her personality and intelligence, she is also driven by hunger likely in order to maintain her more unstable form and makes multiple threats to devour Ethan. She as well retains her arrogant and sadistic nature although it leads to her death, Dimitrescu mocks Ethan over the fact that he will never see his own daughter again (likely viewing it as justice for murdering her own daughters, uncaring about their violent and maniacal nature).
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
“
Like I'd let you get away. You'll be sliced to ribbons - before you ever see that child!
„
~ Alcina after cutting off Ethan's hand.
Through a combination of her hereditary genetic illnesses as well as the Cadou Parasite, not only did Lady Dimitrescu develop increased height, but she was also capable of many powerful supernatural feats.
Superhuman Strength: Thanks to the Cadou Parasite, her physical strength far exceeded that of normal humans. She was capable of lifting and throw large, heavy furniture with ease, and could lift an adult human with just one hand without any effort. She was also capable of slapping away any Moroaică that got in her way.
Regenerative Healing Factor: Thanks to the Cadou Parasite, Lady Dimitrescu possessed a limited regenerative healing factor. She was capable of shrugging off attacks made by firearms. These regenerative abilities also gave her decelerated aging, since she looked like a woman in her late 30s to early 40s despite being over a century old at the time of the Village Incident. Despite this, her healing factor was overwhelmed when Ethan stabbed her with the Dagger of Death's Flowers, an ornate dagger laced with countless potent poisons from Eurasia.
Claw Retraction: Perhaps her most signature power was being able to transform her fingernails into huge deadly claws capable of utterly impaling and slicing apart her foes.
Regenerative Mutations: In the most dire situation, Dimitrescu could activate her mutation to its fullest extreme; transforming into a gigantic draconic creature capable of flying with multiple bifurcated jaws full of razor sharp teeth and a long thick tongue with a jawed tip. In this form, she also gains the ability to summon and control swarms of insects, much like her daughters.
Weaknesses[]
Vulnerable True Form: Despite her near invulnerability to physical trauma in her human form, Dimitrescu's draconic form exposes her vulnerable true form in the process, which is extremely vulnerable to ballistic trauma.
Unstable Healing Factor: These regenerative abilities were unstable, as they increased size and height as well as require her to drink human blood and consume human beings periodically to maintain her human form, otherwise she begins to mutate uncontrollably. Her healing factor can also be overwhelmed, such as when she was stabbed with the Dagger of Death's Flowers. The sudden flow of powerful toxins from the Dagger destabilized her healing factor, causing her to mutate into her draconic form as well as animalistically crave human flesh.
Reception[]
Following her initial reveal in a promotional trailer for Resident Evil Village, Alcina received very positive reception from critics and players and rose in popularity. As a result, she has become subject to a significant amount of fan labour, namely fan art, cosplay, and memes. Robertson's portrayal of the character was also well received, leading to her winning several awards.
Quotes[]
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The man is of no use to anyone else. And my daughters do so love... Entertaining foreigners. Furthermore, I can assure you if you entrust the mortal to House Dimitrescu, my daughters and I shall deliver to you the finest cups of his slaughtered blood.
„
~ Alcina in a meeting with the Four Lords and Mother Miranda.
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Oh, so gauche. What do we care for bread and circuses? The manthing's suffering is assured, regardless.
Mother Miranda, I must protest!Heisenberg is but a child, and his devotion to you is questionable. Give the mortal to me, and I will ensure he is ready. [...] Quiet now, child! Adults are talking. [...] You wouldn't know responsibility if it was welded to that hammer!
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~ Alcina arguing with Heisenberg.
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You are so kind to me, daughters. Now, let's take a look at him. Well, well. Ethan Winters, You escaped my little brother's idiot games, did you? Lets see how special you are.
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~ Alcina upon Ethan's capture in the castle.
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Cassandra! Come here... Now! Enough games... I want that man's head! Now, go!
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~ Alcina calling her daughter Cassandra.
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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY DAUGHTER?!
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~ Alcina upon finding her daughter, Bela, dead.
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It was cold, wasn't it Daniela?
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~ Alcina lamenting on Daniela's death.
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Mother Miranda. I regret to inform you that Ethan Winters has escaped from that fool Heisenberg. Because he's in my castle, and has already proven too much for my daughters to handle! When I find- No, Mother Miranda. Yes, of course I understand the importance of the ceremony.
„
~ Alcina to Mother Miranda of the situation.
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To hell with the ceremony! That man will pay for what he's done...
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~ Alcina swearing vengeance against Ethan after speaking with Mother Miranda.
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You will learn what it means to insult house Dimitrescu.
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~ Alcina pursuing Ethan after cutting off his hand.
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Exactly how much do you plan on annoying me?
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~ Alcina while pursuing Ethan.
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Stupid man-thing! You won't live long, even if you run!
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~ Alcina while pursuing Ethan.
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Ah, such a nimble little mouse.
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~ Alcina while pursuing Ethan.
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A rat can't run from the dragon's claws!
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~ Alcina while pursuing Ethan, giving away a hint about how her fully mutated form looked like.
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Cassandra? Cassandra?!
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~ Alcina while searching for Cassandra.
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No! How much blood and sweat do you think it took to raise those daughters? You have incurred an impossible debt!
„
~ Alcina realizes that Ethan has killed Cassandra.
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YOU'VE RUINED EVERYTHING!
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~ Alcina's furious breakdown before her boss fight.
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Flesh, bones, I will devour ALL OF YOU!
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~ Alcina upon her transformation.
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You're a lucky man, Ethan! Besides Miranda, you're the only one to ever see me in this form. Too bad you'll pay for it with your life!
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~ Alcina after her mutated form is revealed.
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Curse you!
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~ Alcina's last words to Ethan.
Trivia[]
Alcina's official billed height is nine feet and six inches tall.
Fittingly, her Japanese voice actress, Kikuko Inoue, also voiced the latter in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
The correct pronunciation of the name Dimitrescu is "Dee-mee-tres-coo", but for unknown reasons, it's pronounced as "Dey-mi-tres-k" in English, though it alludes to the Romanian language in which the "u" is silent.
Alcina's typically game over move is decapitating Ethan. Ironically, she did not do so upon sneaking up on him in the dungeon; after he fell in from her bashing him into the floor.
Her mutation is similar to Wesker in the film series, in that she needs to regularly ingest human DNA to keep her body stable.
Castle Dimitrescu is symbolic of Lady Dimitrescu herself; in the main areas such as the first and second floor of the castle, it is pristine, noble and beautiful but inside the basement, dungeons and distillery it is horrific, disgusting and evil. This is a good description of Lady Dimitrescu's character with her being beautiful on the outside but rotten on the inside.
Her name may also possibly be inspired by Demitri Maximoff from Darkstalkers, another vampire character from Capcom.
